"displayed to the audience via a large mirror that is raised, à la ""A Chorus Line"". In the climactic final chorus, the 2005 film orchestration quotes the climax of the invasion theme from the first movement of Dimitri Shostakovich's Seventh symphony ""Leningrad,"" depicting the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. In the musical version, Franz does not interrupt the play, but waits until after the performance to confront the producers, and then attempts to kill them under the accusation of making a fool out of Hitler (""He didn't need our help""). He breaks his other leg while trying to"
"with the film because, according to Brooks, Sellers ""had accepted the role of Bloom and then was never heard from again."" The film allegedly was ""banned in Germany."" In Sweden, however, the title literally translates as ""Springtime for Hitler."" As a result of its success, all but two of Mel Brooks movies in Swedish have been given similar titles: ""Springtime for Mother-In-Law"" (""The Twelve Chairs""); ""Springtime for the Sheriff"" (""Blazing Saddles""); ""Springtime for Frankenstein"" (""Young Frankenstein""); ""Springtime for the Silent Movies"" (""Silent Movie""); ""Springtime for the Lunatics"" (""High Anxiety""); ""Springtime for World History"" (""History of the World, Part I""); ""Springtime"
"play instead of a bad one). While Max and Franz earnestly supervise rehearsals, Leo continues their old scam—overselling shares of the play to their fellow prisoners, and even to the warden. The song ""Prisoners of Love"" plays while the credits roll. The Ladies The title ""Springtime for Hitler"" was first coined by Brooks as a joke during the press conference for ""All American"" in 1962. Shortly afterwards, he also decided to relate this title to a character named Leo Bloom, an homage to Leopold Bloom, protagonist of James Joyce's ""Ulysses."" It was reused by him years later once he had"
"than prison. After reading many bad plays, the partners find the obvious choice for their scheme: ""Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden."" It is ""a love letter to Hitler"" written in total sincerity by deranged ex-Nazi Franz Liebkind (Kenneth Mars). Max and Leo persuade Liebkind to sign over the stage rights, telling him they want to show the world ""the Hitler you loved, the Hitler you knew, the Hitler with a song in his heart."" To guarantee that the show is a flop, they hire Roger De Bris (Christopher Hewett), a director whose plays"
"Springtime for Henry Springtime for Henry is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll and Nigel Bruce. It was based on a play of the same name by the British writer Benn W. Levy which enjoyed an eight-month run on Broadway. The film was made on a budget of $250,000 and suffered a considerable loss, taking only $126,000 at the box office. Henry Dewlip is the heir to his late father's prosperous automobile plant. He lets underlings run things while he indulges in wine, women and song, stringing women along. Julia Jelliwell"
"with Olsen and first-time composer John Morris at the piano, and improvised some lyrics. Morris then developed the stage performance with choreographer Alan Johnson, instructed to do the number ""big, wonderful, flashy, but terrible."" As Brooks kept suggesting bizarre costume ideas to enhance the burlesque nature of ""Springtime for Hitler"", such as women with clothes inspired by beer mugs and pretzels, Johnson decided to showcase them all in a parade. Few scenes had to be altered from the original script. Leo and Max would visit the Parachute Jump in Coney Island, but the attraction was closed by the time filming"
"of Hitler's angry face, and a tomato is thrown at Hitler's face forming the words The End. Before the film's release, the popular band Spike Jones and His City Slickers, noted for their parodies of popular songs of the time, released a version of Oliver Wallace's theme song, ""Der Fuehrer's Face"" (also known informally as ""The Nazi Song"") in September 1942 on RCA Victor Bluebird Records #11586. The song parodied the Nazi anthem, the ""Horst Wessel Song"". Unlike the version in the cartoon, some Spike Jones versions contain the rude sound effect of an instrument he called the ""birdaphone"", a"
"lavish production of the title song, ""Springtime for Hitler,"" which celebrates Nazi Germany crushing Europe (""Springtime for Hitler and Germany/Winter for Poland and France""). After seeing the audience's dumbfounded disbelief, Max and Leo, confident that the play will be a flop, go to a bar across the street to celebrate and get drunk. Unbeknownst to them, the audience ends up finding L.S.D.'s beatnik-like portrayal (and constant misinterpretations of the story) hilarious and misinterprets the production as a satire. During intermission, some members of the audience come to the bar at which Max and Leo are drinking and rave about the"
"1965 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 1964, he married Yungmei Tang who had worked as a production assistant on the film. The couple had a daughter, Karen, in 1965. The same year the fledgling film writer and director Mel Brooks pitched his project, ""Springtime for Hitler"" to Glazier, having previously made numerous unsuccessful attempts to interest movie producers. Over lunch in Glazier's office, Brooks acted out all the parts and began singing Springtime for Hitler. Glazier reported that he had never laughed so hard in his life. ""He spit out his coffee and tuna sandwich and couldn't stop"
"a flop could generate up to $2 million. Max asks for Leo's help with the scheme, only for the latter to refuse (""We Can Do It""). Returning to his old accounting firm, Leo starts fantasizing about being a Broadway producer (""I Wanna Be a Producer""). Leo quits his job and forms ""Bialystock & Bloom"" with Max. Searching for the worst play ever written, the duo finds ""Springtime for Hitler"", a musical written by an ex-Nazi named Franz Liebkind. Max and Leo, in order to acquire Franz's rights to the musical, perform Hitler's favorite song and swear the sacred ""Siegfried Oath"""
"films are portrayed from the Allied perspective (increasingly being limited to that of the Americans). Some exceptions include ""Das Boot"", ""Der Untergang"", ""Letters from Iwo Jima"", ""Stalingrad"", ""Joy Division"", and ""Cross of Iron"". World War II used to provide most of the material for the USA TV channel, the History Channel. Mel Brooks used the theme in the fictitious musical ""Springtime for Hitler"" and in his 1968 film and 2001 musical, ""The Producers"". A number of television comedy sitcoms are based on the war, e.g. ""Hogan's Heroes"" from America, which follows the actions of a group of Allied POWs involved"
"Hitler's Children (1943 film) Hitler's Children is a 1943 American black-and-white propaganda film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by the Canadian-American director, Edward Dmytryk, from an adaptation by Emmet Lavery of Gregor Ziemer's book ""Education For Death"". ""Hitler's Children"" stars Tim Holt, Bonita Granville, and Kent Smith. One of the most financially successful films of RKO Studios, the film is known for portrayal of brutalities associated with the Hitler Youth, represented particularly by two young participants. A line from one of the movement's songs is featured in the film: ""For Hitler we will live and for Hitler"
"As Brooks sought backers for his 30-page film treatment, both major film studios and independent filmmakers rejected ""Springtime for Hitler,"" finding the idea of using Hitler for comedy outrageous and tasteless (with some even stating that they would consider the script if Brooks changed it to ""Springtime for Mussolini""). This changed as Brooks's agent arranged him to have a meeting with a friend of his, New York producer Sidney Glazier. Glazier laughed so much at Brooks' performance of the script, he accepted the project by saying, “We’re gonna make it! I don’t know how, but we’re gonna make this movie!”"
"Ghia, feeling his thick Greek accent would fit. Brooks thought of Dick Shawn to play Lorenzo “L.S.D.” Saint DuBois, and the actor accepted for both liking the part and having no work. Bill Macy, the husband in the TV series ""Maude,"" was brought for a cameo as a jury foreman. Writer-director Mel Brooks is heard briefly in the film, his voice dubbed over a dancer singing, ""Don't be stupid, be a smarty/Come and join the Nazi Party,"" in the song ""Springtime For Hitler"". His version of the line is also dubbed into each performance of the musical, as well as"
"""That's our Hitler!""). The play starts with the musical number, ""Springtime for Hitler."" Accompanied by dancing stormtroopers, who at one point form a Busby Berkeley-style swastika, the play immediately horrifies everyone in the audience except the author, and one lone viewer who breaks into applause—only for the latter to get pummeled by other disgusted theatergoers. As the audience begins to storm out of the theater, the first scene starts, with L.S.D. dressed up in full Nazi uniform and talking like a beatnik. The remaining audience starts to laugh, thinking that it is a satire, and those that had left return"
"Springtime (1947 film) Springtime () is a 1947 Soviet musical-comedy film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov. Director Arkady Gromov decides to make a film about the life of scientists, presenting them as grim hermits detached from life, completely immersed in research. As a prototype the director decides to use a real scientist – Irina Nikitina, director of the Sun Institute. For the role of ""Nikitina"", Gromov finds Vera Shatrova, a young operetta actress who is an exact mirror image of her character. Not wanting to interrupt her work in the operetta, Shatrova meets Nikitina and asks her for the time being"
"Springtime (2004 film) Springtime (; lit. When Spring Comes) is a 2004 South Korean film starring Choi Min-sik as a struggling musician who takes a job as a music teacher in a rural mining town outside of Seoul. To trumpeter Hyun-woo, life seems to remain forever locked in winter. In desperation, Hyunwoo signs up for a position teaching a children’s wind ensemble at a small junior high school in a distant Dogye village. Worn-out instruments, tarnished trophies and frayed certificates testify to the poor conditions of this ragtag group. This leads Hyun-woo, together with his students, to take on a"
"in the film ""Judgement at Nuremberg"". In a scene featuring Marlene Dietrich, who famously recorded the song several times, and Spencer Tracy Dietrich's character explains to Tracy's that the German words are much sadder than the English translations. The song's popularity among both Allied and Axis troops in the Western Desert front during World War Two was described in the British television program ""The World at War"", a signal documentary series broadcast in 1973-74 and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, in Episode 8, ""The Desert: North Africa 1940-1943"". Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed the 1980 film ""Lili Marleen"", the story of"
"Franz falls down the stairs and breaks his leg. Roger is the only one who knows the part of Hitler, and he rushes to the dressing room to get ready. The curtain rises, and Max and Leo watch the theatrical disaster unfold (""Springtime for Hitler""). Unfortunately, Roger's performance is so camp and outrageous, the audience mistakes it for satire, and the show becomes the talk of the town. Back at the office, Max and Leo are near-suicidal (""Where Did We Go Right?""). Roger and Carmen come to congratulate them, only to find them fighting over the accounting books. Franz bursts"
"rant was part of the act. ""Springtime For Hitler"" is declared a smash hit, which means, of course, that the investors will be expecting a larger financial return than can be paid out, which leads to Max angrily confronting De Bris, blaming him for the play being a hit (despite it being his own fault, as he was the one who hired L.S.D. to play Hitler) when De Bris goes to congratulate him, even scaring De Bris away at this point. Frustrated and miserable, Max then laments, “I was so careful... I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the"
"realizes that his job is terrible, quits, and returns to Max (""We Can Do It"" (reprise)). The next day, they look for the worst play ever written. Max finds a sure-fire flop that would offend people of all races, creeds and religions: ""Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden"", written by Franz Liebkind, which Max describes as ""a love letter to Hitler"". They go to the playwright's home in Greenwich Village to get the rights to the play. Ex-Nazi Franz is on the roof of his tenement with his pigeons reminiscing about the grand old"
"(1933), in which musical numbers were strung together on the thematic thread of newspaper headlines. Like many of Berlin's songs, it later appeared in films. It was performed by Don Ameche in ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"" (1938) which was loosely based on Irving Berlin's life. Bing Crosby sang it in the film ""Holiday Inn"" (1942) which featured an Irving Berlin song about each major holiday. In 1948, it was performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the musical film ""Easter Parade"", which was constructed around the song. The song was also featured in the Rankin/Bass special ""The First Easter Rabbit"""
"worked on both films. Spring Parade (1934 film) Spring Parade (German:Frühjahrsparade) is a 1934 comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Paul Hörbiger, Franciska Gaal and Wolf Albach-Retty. The film was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures to whom Gaal was under contract. However the rise of the Nazi Party to power meant that Gaal and several other Jewish figures involved with the film had to work in Budapest and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by art director Emil Hasler. In 1940 the film was remade in Hollywood as ""Spring Parade"". The screenwriter Ernst Marischka"
"a derisive raspberry sound, as in the repeated phrase "" Heil, (raspberry), Heil (raspberry), right in Der Fuehrer's face!"". The romantic ballad ""Cocktails for Two"", originally written to evoke an intimate romantic rendezvous, was re-recorded by Spike Jones in 1944 as a raucous, horn-honking, voice-gurgling, hiccuping hymn to the cocktail hour. The Jones version was a huge hit. Other Jones satires followed: ""Hawaiian War Chant"", ""Chloe"", ""Holiday for Strings"", ""You Always Hurt the One You Love"", ""My Old Flame"", referring to Peter Lorre's voice (impersonated on the recording by Paul Frees) and eerie scenes in contemporary movies, and many more."
"is probably best known for his song ""Katzenklo"" (Kitty Litter Box): """"Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh"""" (""""Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy].""""), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13. He has written, directed and starred in four Low-budget movies. He has also composed and performed music for numerous films, including some of his own films like ""Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem"" and ""Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm"". In 2007 he appeared as Adolf Hitler in"
"""Easter Parade"" sung by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb, ""Heat Wave"" (presented as the weather forecast), ""Harlem on My Mind"", and ""Supper Time"", a song about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching, sung by Ethel Waters. She once said about the song, ""If one song can tell the whole tragic history of a race, 'Supper Time' was that song. In singing it I was telling my comfortable, well-fed, well-dressed listeners about my people...those who had been slaves and those who were now downtrodden and oppressed."" Berlin loved his country, and wrote many songs reflecting his patriotism."
"the lyrics from the successful TV show ""Green Acres"" sung to the tune of Jimi Hendrix's ""Purple Haze"" and was a college radio hit. Due to the resistance of having a band with the name Hitler in the title, regardless of its intent, the band released one album under the name ""Splatter"". The band and their song ""Green Haze"" are mentioned in Thomas Pynchon's 2013 novel ""Bleeding Edge"" (pg. 177). Disgraceland (1988) Hellbilly (1989) Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious (1992) ...From Hell To Eternity (1994) Elvis Hitler Elvis Hitler is an American psychobilly/hellbilly band from Detroit, Michigan. The band was named after the moniker"
"Schubert, and dedicated to his memory"". The winning entry was Kurt Atterberg's sixth symphony. Schubert has featured as a character in a number of films including ""Schubert's Dream of Spring"" (1931), ""Gently My Songs Entreat"" (1933), ""Serenade"" (1940), ""The Great Awakening"" (1941), ""It's Only Love"" (1947), ""Franz Schubert"" (1953), ""Das Dreimäderlhaus"" (1958), and ""Notturno"" (1986). Schubert's music has also been featured in numerous post-silent era films, including Walt Disney's ""Fantasia"" (1940), which features Ave Maria (D. 839); and the biographical film ""Carrington"" (1995), which features the second movement of the String Quintet in C major (D. 956). In addition, Schubert's"
"watch out Mr Hitler, you have met your match in us/If you think you can crush us, we're afraid you've missed the bus."" Bud Flanagan's full version appears as an Easter egg on the first series DVD release and on the authorised soundtrack CD issued by CD41. Arthur Lowe also recorded a full version of the theme. The music over the opening credits was recorded at Riverside Studios, Bud Flanagan being accompanied by the Orchestra of the Band of the Coldstream Guards. The closing credits feature an instrumental march version of the song played by the Band of the Coldstream"
"Spring nicht ""Spring nicht'"" and ""Don't Jump"" are songs by German pop rock band Tokio Hotel. The German version of the song, ""Spring nicht"", was released as the second single from their second album ""Zimmer 483"". The song was later translated and re-recorded as ""Don't Jump"" for the band's first English-language album ""Scream"". In 2008, a music video for ""Don't Jump"" was released on 8 February and it was released as an official single on 4 April. Tokio Hotel wrote ""Spring nicht"" (meaning ""Don't jump"") to encourage teenagers to seek other solutions to their problems apart from suicide. Despite the"
"culture as contrasted with Fascist oppression, is used diegetically, first in a scene where Guido sees Dora, the woman he loves, at the opera, and later when Guido plays the piece through the concentration camp on a record player and Dora, now his wife, hears it. Other uses include the Walt Disney Silly Symphony ""Birds of a Feather"" (1931); ""G.I. Blues"" (1960), where a jazzed-up version becomes the tune for Elvis Presley's ""Tonight is so Right for Love""; ""Dad's Army"" (""Time on my Hands"", 1972), where it is identified as a ""German"" classical song with a swing rhythm; ""Margaret"" (2011),"
"late 1920s due to its use by German communists in the ""Rote Flieger"" song. The song ""Deutschland Erwache"" (Germany Awaken), or ""Heil Hitler Dir"" (Heil Hitler to Thee), otherwise known as ""Sachsenmarsch der NSDAP"", was written by Dresden-based composer and NSDAP member Bruno C. Schestak, and premiered (in the famous surviving version performed by Carl Woitschach) in the celebrations of Hitler's 48th birthday on 20 April 1937. ""SS marschiert in Feindesland"" (""SS marches in enemy territory"") also known as ""Teufelslied"" (""The Devil's song"") was a marching song of the Waffen-SS during World War II. A marching song with the same"
"to the general West German public and not offend it. The cast: Roses for the Prosecutor Roses for the Prosecutor () is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Ingrid van Bergen. It was one of the few German movies of the 1950s which openly addressed the German Nazi era. It was shot at the Göttingen studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. In the final stages of World War II, in April 1945, German soldier Rudi Kleinschmidt (Walter Giller) is arrested for the perceived"